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Palestinian journalist (1870–1948)
Yousef El-Issa
Born 1870 (1870 ) Died 1948 (aged 77–78) Occupation
Journalist
Yousef El-Issa (alternative: Yusuf al-‘Isa ) (
Arabic : يوسف العيسى ) was a
Palestinian journalist.
[1] He established the
Falastin newspaper with his cousin
Issa El-Issa in 1911, based in his hometown of
Jaffa .
[2] Falastin became one of the most prominent and long running in the country at the time, was dedicated to
Arab Nationalism and the cause of the
Arab Orthodox Movement in its struggle with the Greek clergy of the
Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem . They were passionately opposed to
Zionism and
Jewish immigration to
Palestine .
[3]
[4]
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[6] He has been described by a researcher to be "a founder of modern journalism in Palestine".
[7] He founded a newspaper entitled
AlifBa in Damascus in March 1930.
[8]
Al Muqattam , one of the most read dailies in Egypt, commented in an editorial when El-Issa was editor-in-chief (1911-1914): “Heads of Arabs in all major cities bend to the editorials of
Ustad Yousef EL-Issa.
[7]
References
^ Mustafa Kabha.
"The Palestinian People: Seeking Sovereignty and State" (PDF) . Rienner.com . Retrieved 25 December 2016 .
^
Palestinian Personalities ,
Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA), archived from
the original on 16 March 2016, retrieved 25 July 2007
^
Issa al Issa’s Unorthodox Orthodoxy: Banned in Jerusalem, Permitted in Jaffa , Salim Tamari, 2014, Jerusalem Quarterly ,
Institute for Palestine Studies
^
"Jaffa - يافا -Jaffa" . Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 25 December 2016 .
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"Filastin (journal)" . Cosmos.ucc.ie . 14 January 1911. Archived from
the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2016 .
^ Emanuel Beška (2016).
"From Ambivalence to Hostility: The Arabic Newspaper Filastin and Zionism, 1911–1914" . Studia Orientalia Monographica . 6 .
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b Beska, Emanuel (2018).
"Yusuf al-'Isa: A Founder of Modern Journalism in Palestine" . Jerusalem Quarterly . 74 (74): 7–13.
^ Sarah Ozacky-Lazar; Mustafa Kabaha (2002). "The Haganah by Arab and Palestinian Historiography and Media".
Israel Studies . 7 (3): 58.
doi :
10.1353/is.2003.0008 .
JSTOR
30245595 .
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Khalil Sakakini ,
Yousef El-Issa ,
Issa El-Issa ,
Daoud El-Issa ,
Najib Nassar ,
Boulos Shehadeh ,
Jamal al-Husayni ,
Said Arikat ,
Shireen Abu Akleh ,
Motaz Azaiza ,
Plestia Alaqad ,
Wael Al-Dahdouh ,
Bisan Owda ,
Hind Khoudary ,
Ali Abunimah ,
Mustafa Moien Ayyash See also